William Peter Blatty, the author whose best-selling book â??The Exorcistâ? was both a milestone in horror fiction and a turning point in his own career, died on Thursday in Bethesda, Md. He was 89.
The cause was multiple myeloma, his wife, Julie Blatty, said.
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